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Men’s archery team wins first Olympic medal for US

The US archery team celebrated with their silver medals during the victory ceremony on Saturday.

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The US archery team celebrated with their silver medals during the victory ceremony on Saturday.

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LONDON (AP) — Italy won the gold medal in men’s team archery at the Olympics on Saturday, beating the US by one point on the final shot.

The Americans’ silver was the country’s first medal of the games. South Korea took bronze.

Michele Frangilli, Marco Galiazzo and Mauro Nespoli hugged and raised their hands in celebration after the final arrow beat the Americans 219-218 at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The gold was Italy’s first ever in the event.